The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
j. w. Payne

j. w. Payne
who formerly did business in Augusta. tut
this place. Mr.. Payne has done good work
here, and the ladies are under special ool1ga,
tions to him for the service he has rendered
them. For years they had to send to other
every want can be supplied at home, having
connected with his dry goods q milinary es-
tablishmcnt presided over by his wife. lady
OF exquisite taste. On the next conner is
&c. NickeIs
who began his mercantile career in 1876, n
clerk in one Of the firms in town, but by his
prudence and superior merit, soon
effected u co-partnership with DIR. Lewis. IN
a short while he bought out DR.. Lewis and
The most attractive feature about his store Is
the exquisite arrangement, that one can
scarcely resist the temptation to bny. he
has a large stock Of general merchandise and
j. Nv. Green a. Co.,
occupy the second store in this block of brick
buildings as general merchants, ana 90
large business. Mr. Greene Is a lifelong mer-
chant, and q successful business man. MI H.
W. Major has been in the mercantile business
only few years, but his thorough business
habits and close attention has made MN the
establishment in connection WIN
their store, presided over anu conducted oy
the Misses Majors.
J.T. Duckett
watch maker and jeweler is located in this
of ipwclry, watches and fancy Silrer-ware.
Mr. Duckett is a Skillful workman and never
fails To give satisfaction to his customers;
The prettieSt store in town is next door, and
tfNf hn
A. Rosenberg
who is an efficient and polite salesman rs well
Il praclical business man. lie has the ART ol
exhibiting his goods to perfection anu KNOWS
the value of q neat and attractive store room.
His walls are beautifully decorated win PIC
lures and other attractions which give ms
store the appearance Of an art gallery. ii you
want the worth of your money. one mas @ only
TO call and get 1t. In this store is also to be
found one of the most cntensive millinery
and dress making establishments In the town,
presided over by the accomplished
Miss Laura johnson.
She can be found in the rear end Of Rosen-
berg's store, ready TO display her rare Spcci-
mems Of bonnets. flowers, etc. She mas In con-
neciion with this an extensive mantua-1nak-
ing establishment which Is Superintended by
Miss Tura Bond whose good taste Is generally
acknowledged Miss Johnson has devoted
much time to her art, having been ten years
with Ehrick Bros. of New York, and was 81
designer for Butterick & Co.. Of the same city.
4 new and imposing two story brick building
has Just been completed and Is occupied by
Lee Il Bailey
next door to Rosenberg. This building is fit
ted up specially for the drug business ana
would reflect great credit on any town. They
keep q large stock Of drugs and do an eNten'
sive business. They have also an Ice house
where ice in any quantity may he had: They
ship ice to all intermediate points alohg tnp
ines of railroad The senior member of this
firm is brother Of Gen. stephen ID. Lee. ana
The Junior is n son Of our honorcd townsman,
Mr.. James Bailey, known all over the State
in the Presbyterian church courts.
MIR. III. III. Murphcy
IS also at his stand in the store formerly occu-
pied by J. II. Oldham, where he repairs
watches, clocks, sewing machines, guns; pis-
Iols, &C., on short notice. The next In order Is
.he drug store Of
ID. &. DuPre
, graduate of Wofford College who bore away
he honors OF his class. Having taught Shnoi
or n number OF years after graduation, IN the
over part of this state, he returned 10 inc
own OF his fathers, and entered into business
With his grandfather Dr. f. :. Calhoun, from
whom he received the most thorough train Ing
or the dutias Of q druggist. Mr.. calhoun mas
IN extensive stock. There Is scarcely any
le has not.
ID. J. Raborn
an he found in tho next door. with good
among us two years ago after having been mp
'Ootcd and scattered by that meniorlulc
cyclone at Chappelrs Depot In the spring OF
Sheppard tt Barns
,eep n first class rcstau-an. and market on
his same street. The hungry can find some.
hing nice to eat ut this establishment any
hour in the day. They have opened mnrh"i .S'
ror fish and fresh oysters. Meals of all dis
riptions-numorouS small lestab!iShmehtSeN-
st in other parts OF the town.
The Brok er and Commission business In
Greenwood is represented by
W. +. Penn and e. d. DicSson
whose head quarters are here, but wi O
10 business over extensive tcrrltoly
IN the State. Greenwood is well supplied
with barber shops, smith and shoe shops,
lumber and brick yards and other incidental
accom- mpanimcnts to a thriving and proSrcs.
sive town. Greenwood can boast OF ms me
sale and livery stable as can he found else.
where, under the management OF
Ekartzog & Hays
who came here Il little more than year AGO
from Rambcrg. They have always on hand
horses and buggics for sale or hire.
Boarding Houses.
The boarding houses Of Greenwood are OF
superior excellence, Mrs. F. G.. Parks and j.
W. Sprolcs, have each large number OF per-
mancnt bOarderS. besides the transient ems
tom which Is increasing every year; but the
main feature in this line Is the
Greenwood Hotel.
kept by Mr.. T. +. Riley. This hotel was en-
arged and renovated last year, and now has
Lhirty-fivc rooms completely furnished and
equipped, and still it is not large enough TO
Accommodate the public. 1t is n great resort
for the commercial travellers. who onten pre-
fer to lie over here on the Sabbath, and lose
the time, than go to places and lose the com,
fort and accommodations of the unrlvaled
let us rest.